LOW on Mountain Stage [2012]

Listen to the entire show HERE

Alan Sparhawk of LOW talks to host Larry Groce Backstage at Mountain Stage -- but this time, "backstage" is dock overlooking beautiful Lake Superior in Grand Marais, Minnesota, on the campus of the North House Folk School.

Advanced Base - Daytrotter Studio [09-12-12]

Daytrotter / HOME

These Advance Base songs - recorded with Ashworth (electric piano and vocals), Nick Ammerman (autoharp and bass), Edward Crouse (piano and autoharp) and Jody Weinmann (bass, omnichord, organ and vocals) - are extensions of these sentiments, of these drowsy pieces of milieu that we tend to stuff down inside. They are often the pieces of ourselves - not just these characters - that we can't explain too easily, so we don't try. It's a little like Weinmann sings on "Puppy," "My love for you is like a movie script/It doesn't make sense to my friends when I describe it/My love for you is acquired and it's sweet." These are the moments, under pale light, that happen while the television set is the only sound spilling out of a lonely room. These are their accompanying thoughts.

Tracks
1. Welcome to Daytrotter
2. The Sister You Never Had
3. Puppy
4. Our Cat
5. Christmas In Milwaukee
6. Sorry To Hear You Got The Blues (Inst…
7. Black Cat (Donkeys Cover)

The Wedding Present - 524 Fidelio [2012-Promo]

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Tracklist:

01 – Journey Into Space

02 – Pain Perdu

03 – 1000 Farenheit

04 – Can You Keep A Secret

Dr. Dog - Wild Race [2012]

Dr. Dog

Eight months after the release of its seventh album, Dr. Dog is ready to share some new material. The Philadelphia psych-rockers return today with the five-track Wild Race EP.

The new record features several tracks that are somewhat more ethereal than most of Be the Void, including the lost title track to that LP. Listen to the EP in full below and pick it and the recent full-length, Be the Void, up now on ANTI-.

Joy Division • The Marble Index • 2008

Bootleg

"Up The Bracket" Covered In Full By Your Favourite Bands [2012]

NME.com

The debut album from The Libertines is already 10 years old. When did that happen, eh?! Re-live one of the most exciting releases in the UK ever, read all the funny, intense and blood-stained tales behind the making of this seminal record from the people who were there at the time.

Rabbit Dreams [2012]

Rabbit Dreams - Fighting So Long (Offical Music Video)

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Rabbit Dreams is based in Portland, OR, and consists mainly of Mike Moore and whatever weird figures he can think of to include in his song. Mike was in another Portland band, The Goodwill River, but found himself cranking out some songs that didn't quite fit in with what that band was doing. So, Rabbit Dreams was born. All of the songs are about people in horrible situations just hoping for something a little better. Unfortunately, these people are usually about 2 seconds away from getting what's coming to them, so they're really kind of hosed. Mike really hopes that you like the songs, and please feel free to drop him a line to say hi!

Rainy Day Music [2012]

The past week has given more rain than the past twenty-one. I am damp, dewy, cold, distraught, and a tab mildewy... We need rain, I agree, but in the same token we need light or everything gets a bit sulky. I am sulking right now!

Adele Right As Rain

Bishop Allen Rain

Bob Dylan Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

The Carpenters Rainy Days And Mondays

Dar Williams Beauty Of The Rain

eastmountainsouth Rain Come Down

The Everly Brothers Crying In The Rain

Jamie Cullum Singin' In The Rain

Paramore When It Rains

Irma Thomas It's Raining

Radney Foster Raining On Sunday

Travis Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

Whiskeytown Sit & Listen To The Rain

Suburban Living - Cooper's Dream EP [2012]

Suburban Living, otherwise known as Norfolk Virginia’s Wesley Bunch, drops a nifty little five-song collection today that’s affectionately known as “Cooper’s Dream” EP.

This tidy little effort features “echoing vocals, 80’s styled guitar riffs and glimmering synths”. Imagine gliding through the clouds in a silent jetliner, and you’ve got Suburban Living.

Sonnenberg - The End of the Rain [2012]

Sonnenberg is a British folk-type of band around the singer/songwriter Zinney, multi-instrumentalist /songwriter Dave Thom and percussionist/tabla-ist Saul Hughes.

After the release of their debut album Fishing in the Pool the band performed in different formations (2-4-6 piece) in small venues as well as “the Shepherds Bush Theatre” in London and the “Boardwalk” in Sheffield.

The surprise with Sonnenberg is… how directly this unaffected melodic folk-pop goes straight to the listeners. It’s like all happening very close to your beating heart… The governing spirit is indie folk with a twist.. It’s all intimate without being cloying, pleasurably nocturnal and more than a little bit wonderful”

Angus Stone - River Love & Wooden Chair [Live - 2012]

We Love You Mr Cohen [2012]

We Love You Mr. Cohen is a compilation of (2CD) dedicated to the lovers of the Canadian poet, whose work is the inspiration for the next generation of artists around the world.

CD1:

1. Nadia Kazmi – Paper Thin Hotel [05:06]

2. Nick Cave – I’m Your Man [04:29]

3. Patricia O’Callaghan – Gypsy Wife [04:11]

4. Anita Lipnicka & John Porter – Chelsea Hotel no.2 [03:39]

5. Perla Batalla – Ballad of the Absent Mare [06:13]

6. John Bergeron – Joan of Arc [05:47]

7. Marco Benevento – Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (Instrumental) [04:36]

8. Beth Orton – Sisters Of Mercy [04:39]

9. Judy Collins – Democracy [06:50]

10. Antony – If It Be Your Will [05:54]

11. Chris Botti – Hallelujah (Instrumental) [02:59]

CD:2

1. Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah [04:04]

2. Madeleine Peyroux – Dance Me To The End Of Love [03:54]

3. John Bergeron – Famous Blue Raincoat [05:42]

4. Perla Batalla – Coming Back to You [04:00]

5. Judy Collins – Suzanne [04:21]

6. Katie Melua – In my secret live [04:21]

7. Patricia O’Callaghan – Who By Fire? [03:10]

8. Yasmin Levy – Hallelujah [03:57]

9. Michal Szyc – Alexandra Leaving [04:18]

10. Bill Callahan – So Long Marianne [05:14]

11. Nadia Kazmi – [03:02]

12. The Lemonheads feat. Liv Taylor – Hey! That’s No Way To Say Goodbye [03:08]

13. Adam Cohen – What Other Guy [04:40]

snow 2012

Long Distance Saluation: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska [2012]

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In January 1982, holed up in his spare bedroom with nothing but an acoustic guitar, harmonica, and a 4-track cassette recorder, Bruce Springsteen recorded an American folk masterpiece. Now, 30 years later, a new generation of songwriters pay tribute to 'Nebraska'... 

This Way - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen cover)

Move On Up – A Modernist Compendium [2012]

The latest free CD from the November, 2012 MOJO Magazine captures the fusion of influences that led to the modern Mod movement and its many offshoots. Includes a rare demo from The Jam, as well as a live version of “The Great Depression” (culled from the Deluxe Edition of The Gift). Not to mention the oft forgotten Bruce Foxton.

THE JAM Just Who Is The Five O’Clock Hero (Demo) (2:20)
THE YARDBIRDS You’re A Better Man Than I (3:15)
LEE DORSEY Ride Your Pony (2:48)
LAUREL AITKEN Bad Minded Woman (2:40)
THE BEAT Twist And Crawl (2:33)
PRINCE FATTIE & HOLLIE COOK And The Beat Goes On Dub (3:03)
ANDY LEWIS (Featuring Keni Burke) (Love Is) Alive In My Heart (3:06)
CURTIS MAYFIELD Move On Up (3:38)
AARON NEVILLE Hercules (4:11)
PAUL WELLER & TERRY CALLIER Brother To Brother (4:12)
THE MOONS Jennifer (Sits Alone) (3:20)
DEXY’S Nowhere Is Home (4:57)
BRUCE FOXTON Number Six (3:14)
WILCO JOHNSON Down By The Waterside (3:15)
THE JAM The Great Depression (Live) (3:17)

M.Ward - "Me and My Shadow" [2012]

Angus and Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane [Official Music Video]

Sun Kil Moon - Mistress [2012]

Mark Kozelek aka Sun Kil Moon performed exclusive web performance of "Mistress."

The weight of expectation can be a terrible thing for a record and I have to say, I am guilty of it as anyone else. Sun Kil Moon's last record Admiral Fell Promises haunted both my dreams and travels of the world. A simple nylon acoustic and voice record, the songs explored unknown territories of longing and loss. At first, the flamenco flourishes almost seemed cheesy but played into part of a greater narrative of each song, twisting and informing ways beyond the lyrics. I love that album and unfortunately Among the Leaves enters my brain with wildly unrealistic expectations based on that record. It is an entirely different album to Admiral Fell Promises and I'd lie if I didn't feel let down by it. This is not saying it isn't a good record, it just isn't the record I wanted and that is an entirely selfish and unreasonable thing but it is a very human thing. But then, this is a very human record with its foibles and inconsistencies laid bare so it feels ok to admit this up front.

Julia Holter & Jib Kidder - My Baby [2012]

"My Baby" from "Steal Guitars: Fencing Partners", the remix companion to Jib Kidder's "Steal Guitars" out now on Portland's States Rights Records (www.statesrightsrecords.com). Song by Julia Holter using source material from "Ringtone Cowboy" by Jib Kidder, video by Jib Kidder.

The Lightning Seeds - Pure [1996]